Winston Churchill

55 years ago
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Winston Churchill was born in November 1874 and died in January 1965, in England, where he was Prime Minister. His biography…

Halloween

55 years ago

Halloween is a festival that arose from a very traditional Celtic festival that over the centuries was influenced by Christianity.…

Library of Alexandria

55 years ago

The Library of Alexandria housed the knowledge of Antiquity. There were not only books, but also research centers. The cause of its…

The origin of Wall Street

55 years ago

The origin of Wall Street dates back to the attempted colonization process of the USA by the Dutch and their…

Cold War

55 years ago

The Cold War was a conflict between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, from the end…

Papyrus

55 years ago

Papyrus is a very common plant in Egypt that was used to produce a sheet that served as a surface…

Karl Marx

55 years ago

Karl Marx was an important German philosopher, known internationally as one of the creators of scientific socialism, an ideology critical…

Eye of Horus

55 years ago

Of Egyptian origin, the eye of Horus is one of the symbols of Ancient Egyptian culture that appears most to…

Ten plagues of Egypt

55 years ago

The ten plagues of Egypt are part of a biblical narrative that mentions ten evils sent by God to punish…

Soviet Union

55 years ago

The Soviet Union was a nation that existed from 1922 to 1991, and came into being as a result of…

Roman

55 years ago

When we look at the extent of the Roman Empire on a map, we can barely imagine that this civilization…

Mayan civilization

55 years ago

The Mayan Civilization developed in the Mesoamerican region and reached its peak between 250 AD and 900 AD, beginning its…

Old age

55 years ago

The Ancient Age is a period of history that extended from around 3500 BC, when cuneiform writing emerged, until 476…

Humpty Dumpty

55 years ago

Humpty Dumpty, the talking egg in Lullaby, is not as simple a character as it seems. First, the fat figure…

Oskar Schindler’s Life After the End of World War II

55 years ago

Oskar Schindler was a German businessman, spy, and Nazi Party member who saved the lives of 1,200 Jews during the…

Photo by Che Guevara Explaining an Iconic Image

55 years ago

Taken on March 5, 1960 in Havana, Cuba, by photographer Alberto Korda, this famous photo of Latin American revolutionary Che…

Ancient structures mark the winter solstice

55 years ago

Tomorrow, December 21st, is the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year in terms of daylight hours. In the northern…

Who assassinated Martin Luther King Jr.?

55 years ago

doctor Martin Luther King Jr. speaking before a crowd of 25,000 civil rights protesters from Selma To Montgomery, Alabama in front of…

What You Didn’t Know About Fort Knox

55 years ago

We all know from history classes, as well as TV shows, movies, and books, that all of America’s gold is…

Thrilling War Photos You’ve Probably Never Seen Before

55 years ago

When you think about war, it’s usually not in a good context. There are combats, shootings and all sorts of horrible…

The Side Of Him We Rarely See: Winston Churchill, The Artist and Writer

55 years ago

Winston Churchill is famous for his role in leading Britain to victory against the Nazis. But he was also a…

At that time, Marie Curie was rejected as a member of the French Academy of Sciences because she was a woman.

55 years ago

Marie Skłodowska Curie, better known as Marie Curie (born: Warsaw/Poland, November 7, 1867 - death: Passy/France, July 4, 1934), was a scientist…

Elizabeth II: stories and facts that you might not know well

55 years ago

Whether you’ve been following the exploits of the British royal family for years, or you’re just a huge  Crown  fan , you…

Hittites and Assyrians

55 years ago

The Hittites were an Indo-European people who lived in the second millennium BC. BC established a powerful empire in central…

The legend of Swan Song

55 years ago

The Swan Song was a legend possibly created in Ancient Greece to refer to a person's last great feat. The…